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The Final chapter...or is it?
This is a book you expected Massie to write.....since Nicholas & Alexandra was written in (I think) 1969, an update since 1991 was critical. It gives you an idea what was being discovered in DNA research and proving the bones found were who they were. Its a book a Romanov observer should have, or at least read to glean the information from. Worth it, for sure.

Much-Awaited Finale to 'Nicholas and Alexandra'
Massie is a master historian and storyteller, and this book is nearly impossible to put down. Though reading Massie's prequel, 'Nicholas and Alexandra', is not essential to understandng 'The Romanovs: The Final Chapter', it is highy recommended. Beginning with the murder of the Romanov family, then moving to the discovery and exhumation of their remains, forensic and DNA analysis and the ensuing religious and political debate over their disposition and burial, Massie weaves an accurate historical narrative that reads like the finest detective thriller. Throughout, he carefully explains-in laymen's terminology-basic aspects of genetics, DNA analysis and forensic medicine. The true identity of 'Anastasia' claimant Anna Anderson is finally revealed in this book through a careful analysis of her life and the historical and genetic evidence. A wonderful read, and extremely informative-highly recommended!

A MUST! A WONDERFUL BOOK!
This is the so-called "sequel" to Robert Massie's masterpiece "Nicholas and Alexandra." It is an excellent book about the imprisonment and murder of Russia's last Tsar and his family. If you want to learn about this important event in Russian History, please do not waste your time with Greg King and Penny Wilson's "The Fate of the Romanovs." This book, "The Romanovs: The Final Chapter" by Robert Massie is the book you should read. It also dives into the myth of Anna Anderson and proves she was a fraud. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1868-1918    2. Assassination    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Emperor of Russia,    5. Forensic osteology    6. II,    7. Medical jurisprudence    8. Nicholas    9. Pretenders to the throne    10. Russia    11. Russia - History    12. Family    13. History / General   

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A great bookfor young students.
I bought this book to help me learn how to solve problems. However, when it arrived, I realised it was destined as a book for 12 to 14 year old students. Still, I gave it a try ( I am 19 years old). The problems are well stated, easy to do, and methodologicaly sound. I found the problems too easy, but my little brother ( 9 years old ) had trouble. It's great for some young students who would like to learn the basics of problem solving.

The Russians do Math Right
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Subjects:  1. History & Philosophy    2. Mathematical recreations    3. Mathematics    4. Science/Mathematics    5. History of mathematics    6. Russia   

Editorial Review

Hitler made two fundamental and crippling mistakes during the Second World War: The first was his whimsical belief that the United Kingdom would eventually become his ally, which delayed his decision to launch a major invasion of Britain, whose army was unprepared for the force of blitzkrieg warfare. The second was the ill-conceived Operation Barbarossa--an invasion of Russia that was supposed to take the German army to the gates of Moscow. Antony Beevor's thoughtfully researched compendium recalls this epic struggle for Stalingrad. No one, least of all the Germans, could foretell the deep well of Soviet resolve that would become the foundation of the Red Army; Russia, the Germans believed, would fall as swiftly as France and Poland. The ill-prepared Nazi forces were trapped in a bloody war of attrition against the Russian behemoth, which held them in the pit of Stalingrad for nearly two years. Beevor points out that the Russians were by no means ready for the war either, making their stand even more remarkable; Soviet intelligence spent as much time spying on its own forces--in fear of desertion, treachery, and incompetence--as they did on the Nazis. Due attention is also given to the points of view of the soldiers and generals of both forces, from the sickening battles to life in the gulags.Read more

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Superb work on Stalingrad.
An excellent, thorough account of the battle of Stalingrad. New subjects were discussed that I had not known before like the amount of desertions on both sides and the level of horror that brought men to the brink of self-inflicted wounds and suicide. I also never knew that so many Russians fought for the Germans in the battle against their own countrymen. This gripping account was so detailed and vivid that I wanted to put the book down towards the end where the human misery and cruelness became almost to much bear, even from the safety of my living room. Superb work. A must read to understand this horrible account on modern warfare and the inhumanity of the Eastern Front.

Triumph and Tradgedy
As a history of a modern conflagration that seered its way into human consciousness as a turning point in World War II, it is difficult to see how Beevor's work could be inmproved.He has a sympathetic humanist's eye for the individual condition and a logistics expert's capacity to organise and control massive amounts of factual data.Extracts from soldier's and officer's letters home, for example, are moving yet carefully woven into the text.As the German 6th Army heads towards defeat and annihilation the courage and fortitude expressed by ordinary soldiers inspires the reader.As a commentary on the human condition Beevor's history of the Stalingrad reveals sad insights into the tradgedy of the human condition.Hitler's duplicity, Stalin's tremendous paranoid ego, racism, the cavalier disregard for civilians and the clash of twohorrid ideologies are laid bare.In the end, millions die and we can thank Beevor for reminding us to never forget.

Realistic, with the benefit of input from people who were there.
Usually, war experience books tend to rely on information released by, written by, and compiled by the "top brass", be it generals, politicians and official archives.They are usually complemented by maps with arrows pointing at troop movements and major battles and photos of war scenarios.This book, although having all that, also contains anecdotes and information provided by foot soldiers, auxiliary battle personnel, such as medics and nurses, and even children who underwent very traumatic experiences.It provides a realistic, down-to-earth (literally) picture of what was the major turning point of WW II, Hitler's Waterloo. Not for the squeamish.
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Subjects:  1. Europe - Germany    2. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    3. History    4. History - Military / War    5. Military    6. Military - Strategy    7. Military - World War II    8. Stalingrad, Battle of, 1942-1943    9. European history: Second World War    10. History / Military / World War II    11. Russia   

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Adequate but not exceptional
I wanted to like this book. Unfortunately, it suffers from having arrived at about the same time as Antony Beevor's far superior book on Vasily Grossman. Merridale is a perfectly adequate writer but occasionally her academic side peeks through; rather than telling a story, she is compiling a study, and it shows. Equally unfortunate is the difficulty in assembling primary sources; Merridale herself discusses these issues with great candor, but that doesn't really help the fact that they're there. The memories of Russian veterans are clouded by fifty years of relentless war-related propaganda (it is/was, after all, "the Great Patriotic War") and contemporary records are, by virtue of their times, often less than honest. The topic of the book is a fascinating one and definitely one deserving of study, but I can't help but feel that I got a better sense of the life of the common soldier from writers who, like Beevor, weren't afraid to narrow their focus. Merridale seems determined to adhere to her stated purpose and keep her book's focus broad, never following any of her "characters" too closely, and that is, I think, its major weakness.

An Essentially Tragic Tale
We know quite a lot about the American, British, and even French efforts in World War II.We've seen miniseries detailing every step of Major Dick Winters' company from training to the end of the War in

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Armies    3. Campaigns    4. Eastern Front    5. Europe - Former Soviet Republics    6. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    7. History    8. History - Military / War    9. History: World    10. Military - World War II    11. Modern - 20th Century    12. Social conditions    13. Soldiers    14. Soviet Union    15. World War II    16. World War, 1939-1945    17. History / General   

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Great Book On A True Event
I have Read 3 books on this subject Project Jennfier / Spy Sub / On this book this one is the best one so far on what happened to the K-129.
A Plausible Reading
A plausible interpretation of events, with the interesting backdrop of Cold War history.Could someday be the basis for a good submarine fiction movie production.

My Opinion
This book was very informative.It was accurate.
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Subjects:  1. Biography/Autobiography    2. Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations    3. History    4. History - Military / War    5. Intelligence Agencies    6. K-129 (Submarine)    7. Military    8. Military - Intelligence/Espionage    9. Military - Naval    10. Military - Nuclear Warfare    11. Soviet Union    12. Soviet Union.    13. Submarine disasters    14. Submarine forces    15. Submarines    16. Voenno-Morskoæi Flot    17. History / Military / Nuclear Warfare   

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A vivid adventure comes to life in a compelling 'you are there' story.
Author Jeffrey Taylor used a custom-built boat to travel over two thousand miles to the Arctic Circle, recreating a journey first made by Cossacks over three hundred year ago, seeking a respite from the modern world. RIVER OF NO RETURN: DESCENDING SIBERIA'S WATERWAY OF EXILE, DEATH, AND DESTINY charts his journey, providing true life travel adventure at its best as Taylor comes to realize his guide is a bitter Soviet army veteran who hates all humanity - including Taylor. A vivid adventure comes to life in a compelling 'you are there' story.
Summer rafting in an extreme place with an uncertain future
Burdened with a brutal history of Cossack conquest, labor camps, gulags, displaced people and rapacious resource plundering, and all but abandoned by the state that exploited it, Siberia is the perfect choice for a certain sort of travel writer to go and reflect on the state of the world.
A PHOTO IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS
This book is really two stories.One is about an adventurous trip down a Siberian river in a small boat.The other is about the frontierspeople who inhabit its shores.
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Subjects:  1. Asia - General    2. Description And Travel    3. Europe - Former Soviet Republics    4. Former Soviet Republics    5. General    6. History    7. History: World    8. Russia (Federation)    9. Siberia    10. Siberia (Russia)    11. Special Interest - Adventure    12. Tayler, Jeffrey    13. Travel    14. Travel - Foreign    15. Travel - General    16. Voyages And Travels    17. Travel / General   

Editorial Review

In a phrase coined by Captain Arthur Connolly of the East India Company before he was beheaded in Bokhara for spying in 1842, a "Great Game" was played between Tsarist Russia and Victorian England for supremacy in Central Asia. At stake was the security of India, key to the wealth of the British Empire. When play began early in the 19th century, the frontiers of the two imperial powers lay two thousand miles apart, across vast deserts and almost impassable mountain ranges; by the end, only 20 miles separated the two rivals.Read more

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One of the best read on history
I am just a traveller to this area and don't have any authority to prove it if the facts inside this book is real or not, but history couldn't be so exciting, could it? Or Mr Peter Hopkirk has a wonderful hand to put down the whole story in such an exciting and comprehensive prose and it's just impossible to put it down until the last page, and immediately you would want to start it again. This is the best history book I've ever read. Thanks!

What's Past is Prologue
It seems that Shakespeare said it best, "What's past is prologue."In preparation for a sojourn to the Middle East, which I now consider to be a misnomer, I sought out recommendations for reading material.Peter Hopkirk's "The Great Game" was recommended as the first book I should read.I was well served by that recommendation, and found that Mr. Hopkirk's book provided an outstanding primer for this part of the world.Mr. Hopkirk drew me in with the manner in which he presented his information.I found his narrative to be a very easy read, yet it was also rich with detail.I am far more knowledgeable for having read his book, and would enthusiastically recommend it to anyone who wants to gain insights into Central Asia.Only after reading "The Great Game," did I truly begin to appreciate the complexties of Central Asia, the dynamics of the regions relationships with other regions and why it's so often misunderstood.My take away is that, as is often the case, the players may have changed, but Kipling's "Great Game" continues.Mr. Hopkirk's book offers an opportunity, for those who want to try, to learn the rules of a game that continues to be played.

the english version of the great game
This book describes a geographical area and historical period not well known to a majority of Italian readers. For this reason its recent translation and pubblication for the Italian Adelphi editions (that by the way had also published Robert Byron's Road to Oxiana) has been a great success. The topic is vast and many relations to contemporary world history are underlined. However, the book, in my opinion, has two souls. One soul is represented by the chronology of the events described, which some reviewers (see complete list of customer reviews)have mentioned as sometimes incorrect or at least one-sided (english-sided that is); but we must remember what documents the author had at hand and how difficult it is even today to consult the opinion of russians or the inhabitants of central asia. The historical narrative is chronological, easy to consult, and the major landmines are incisevely underlined, so that at the end of the book even the prophane reader has a clear picture of the topic. The other soul of the book,is represented by the fascination of the author with his heroes, because, yes, the british travelers, soldiers, merchants and spies, where all heroes (not so much their comanders)! The description of the men involved in this story is overly encomiastic; they all come out of adventur books of the 1920-30. There is no critical historical appreciation of their actions.
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Subjects:  1. Asia - General    2. Asia - India & South Asia    3. Asia, Central    4. Europe - Great Britain - General    5. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    6. Great Britain    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Politics and government    10. Relations    11. Soviet Union    12. ASIA    13. Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -   

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A solid historic book
This is one of the rare historic books reflecting the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict from both sides. It is reach in historic and political facts, and also reflects the author's own eyewitness of the war.
A must read on Azerbaijan
Thomas Goltz's book on Azerbaijan is unique, for many reasons. First, he was among the few western journalists to be and actually live in the Caucasus when hellbroke loose in the conflicts of the region. Secondly, He speaks the language, bringing him across cultural barriers that even Russian-speakers encounter though they seldom know they do in the non-Russian partso the former USSR. Third, Goltz has a smell for the events of the country and understands the backdoor politics.
Great book on caucasus region
This a a great source of informaiton for those who are interested to learn more about Azzerbaijan and it's relations with the neighbouring countries. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Europe - Former Soviet Republics    2. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History: World    6. Political History    7. Azerbaijan    8. Biography: general    9. Civil war    10. Essays, journals, letters & other prose works    11. European history: postwar, from c 1945 -    12. Revolutions & coups   

Subjects:  1. Chronology    2. Eastern Europe - History    3. Europe - Austria & Hungary    4. Europe - General    5. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Hungary    10. Revolution, 1956    11. Revolutionary    12. History / Europe / General   

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Red Star Rougue Review
I found Red Star Rougue to be a very interesting book about K-129 and how it failed to launch a missle strike on Pearl Harbor so the author writes. Although the absolute truth may never be known, often truth is stranger then ficition. If you like a good cold war story you will find this book a good read.

Very Interesting Book On An Important Event In The Cold War
I found this book to excellent.All of his evidence in the book comes together to present a very possible reason for the sinking of the K-129.Very easy, exciting read.I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the Cold War, and submarines.

Could have, maybe, possible...definately!
...are just some words with discrete meanings nevertheless confused in "Red Star Rogue", which tells the story of the Soviet K-129.A nuclear missile sub that sank in the Pacific in early 1968, K-129 was already famous because of the attempt to salvage it involving the "Glomar Explorer" (told in 1998's "Blind Man's Bluff", but already well-known).Though K-129's loss had long been thought an accident, the authors boldly argue otherwise - the K-129 disaster resulted from a botched attempt to hijack the sub and attack Hawaii, a plan sanctioned at the top of the Soviet leadership in the hopes of instigating a Chinese-American war.The authors also repudiate accounts of the Glomar Explorer's only partial success in recovering K-129.
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Subjects:  1. Biography/Autobiography    2. Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations    3. History    4. History - Military / War    5. Intelligence Agencies    6. K-129 (Submarine)    7. Military    8. Military - Intelligence/Espionage    9. Military - Naval    10. Military - Nuclear Warfare    11. Soviet Union    12. Soviet Union.    13. Submarine disasters    14. Submarine forces    15. Submarines    16. Voenno-Morskoæi Flot    17. History / Military / Nuclear Warfare    18. Bargain   

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Some historians and journalists are starting to regard the cold-war-era American Communist Party as nothing more than a quaint club of polite if misguided ideologues. In Read more

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An Important Book on USSR espionage
If you went to school before the Soviet archives & Venona papers were opened up/released (1991-1995), you must read this book. If you don't know what the Venona Project's papers say, then your knowledge on immediate pre and post WWII Soviet espionage is incomplete and, most importantly, probably not accurate. The truth is uncomfortable to some- Alger Hiss was definitely a spy, as were the Rosenbergs, and penetration into New Deal personnel was very deep. Plenty of material for the anti-FDR types, and the "McCarthy was right" folks. I personally feel very uncomfortable with the fact that about 2 our of every 3 names that pop up here as spies were Jewish. Most humiliating. The authors, no anti-semites they, make the irony of Jews spying for the virulent Jew-hater Uncle Joe very clear. Like many peoples, though perhaps more so, Jews have an unfortunate tendency towards self-delusion. The book is a bit of a bumpy read, sometimes flowing smoothly, sometimes reading like its out of Reader's Digest (a bit...lowbrow??), which accounts for the 4 stars, rather than 5. It has photos of many of the spies, but overall the photographs could be much stronger.

The Facts Laid Bare
This book is the most complete "who's who" of the entire Soviet Communist movement from the early 1900s on.It effectively destroys the old notions that there was no connection between the Communist Party U.S.A. and Moscow.It demonstrates beyond question that Moscow's two-fold plan in the United States - influencing government policy and spying - were carried out for years by the people identified in the government hearings.The Venona decrypts, together with the examination of Soviet and American Communist archives, bring together the entire despicable story.A must-read book for those who want to sort fact from fiction concerning the history of the Soviet Union.

Organized More as a Reference Book than Straight Read
Traitors, of course, imply treason and that is exactly the charge Romerstein and Breindel substantiate in this book. Specifically, that the American Communist Party was a knowing tool for Soviet espionage; that the alleged anti-fascism of American Communists was a facade unsupported by their behavior during the German-Russian Non-Aggression Pact; that American Communists probably supplied Nazi Germany with military secrets during that period; that the U.S. government of the 1940s was riddled with Soviet agents including Alger Hiss and Harry Hopkins, personal friend and advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and that J. Robert Oppenheimer was among the Soviet spies on the Manhatten Project.
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Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Cryptography    3. Espionage, Soviet    4. General    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. International Relations - General    9. Komitet gosudarstvennoi bezop    10. Military - Intelligence/Espionage    11. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur    12. Soviet Union    13. United States    14. World War, 1939-1945   

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Interesting, if a bit unconvincing
A History of the World in 6 Glasses is an interesting read, detailing the stories behind 6 of our most popular beverages: Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. The book is well-written and the author does an excellent job describing the discovery and refinement of each drink and explaining the factors that lead to its popularization.
This is a very informative and entertaining book
This is a very comprehensive book about the history of some of the world's most popular drinks like beer,wine, coffee, tea, rum and coca cola. Tom Standage did a lot of research for this book.He went to San Francisco to gather information about beer.He went as far as France to get information about wine.
an charming, informative overview
Tom Standage's stellar writing skills and effortless scholarship are both shining in his latest book, "A History of the World in Six Glasses."I first encountered Standage was when he was interviewed on NPR one weekend, and my initial reaction was, "He can't be serious about this lightweight topic!"But I was taken with his erudite, expressive language and his half-humorous, half-serious demeanor.
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Subjects:  1. Beverages    2. Beverages - General    3. Coffee    4. Drinking of alcoholic beverage    5. Drinking of alcoholic beverages    6. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    7. General    8. History    9. History - General History    10. History: World    11. Tea    12. World - General    13. History / General   

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Marxism: Dormant, but not dead
I can think of no other book, fiction or nonfiction, that has so captured the evil we faced from the Soviet Union. Orwell accomplished much with 1984 and Animal Farm, but here we have something much more valuable: genuine life experience. Solzhenitsyn doesn't just pen an autobiography with the Gulag Archipelago. He recounts, examines, and criticizes the entire Communist/Socialist/Marxist worldview, and the reality that came from the theory. The last century cannot be properly understood without reading this book. It is my belief that socialism will rise again - not in our lifetimes, but somewhere down the road when intellectuals agree that "Well, mistakes were made, but we're so much more advanced now." The movement will return under another name. This book is the cure.
Clarification
This is just to clarify that this is an Abridgement. I wish it had been more clear in the description that this edition was an abridgement and not the entire work. Fortunately, I Amazon refunded my money as I wish to read The Gulag in all its glory.

A sobering adjustment of perspective
I'm usually among the first in line to complain about the NSA, COINTELPRO, the modern surveillance-state, the PATRIOT ACT, etc.In spite of this (or, perhaps because of this) it is deeply insightful to read this first-hand account about life in a genuine police-state.Although ponderous and sometimes outright dull, The Gulag Archipelago is an important record of one of the darkest chapters of modern history.Without books like this, who will remember once all the survivors are gone? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Concentration camps    4. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    5. Government - Comparative    6. History - General History    7. Literary    8. Penology    9. Political prisoners    10. Prisons    11. Russian & Former Soviet Union    12. Soviet Union    13. Biography & Autobiography / Literary   

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Outstanding Eastern Front Battle Archive
This book provided me with hours of enjoyable reading and study. Its the rare photo prints and maps that make the battle of the Cherkassy 'kessel' much more realistic.A must read for any Eastern Front enthusiast!

Your single source for the Battle of Cherkassy
In 1981, I attempted to recreate the entire Battle of Cherkassy for a massive Squad Leader scenario. It was a huge undertaking back in those days as there were not 20 different Squad Leader boards. And there was virtually no information on Cherkassy beyond what could be found in Time-Life's The Soviet Juggernaut, which gave tantalizing accounts of this fascinating battle. In later years, Leon Degrelle's, Campaign in Russia provided still more insight into the fights at Novo Buda and Shanderovka.
one of the best history books ever written
Expertly well written and researched -I am very very impressed.Find one and buy it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Campaigns    2. Cherkassy Pocket, Battle of th    3. Cherkassy Pocket, Battle of the, Ukraine, 1944    4. History    5. History - Military / War    6. Military    7. Military - General    8. Soviet Union    9. World War, 1939-1945    10. Battles & campaigns    11. Europe    12. European history: Second World War    13. History / Military / World War II   

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Simply the best work on this subject
I've read literally hundreds of books on the Romanovs and Imperial Russia and there's not a single volumen that covers all the many aspects of the Russian Court and Imperial Russia as this work does. I find it perfect for someone who is starting to learn on the subject and highly useful for those with an already deep knowledge on this matter. Contrary to what i've read below, i find the author treatment of the Romanovs is very objective, expressing the opinions of the contemporaries through quotes from their own memoirs and previously unpublished material from archives, instead of, as the anonimous reviewer wrote, expressing his own opinion. As i see it, the author offers the information and let the reader form his/her own opinion. Aside from the already mentioned archival material, the reader will find dozens of extremelly rare volumes that have been carefully studied and consulted for the research of this book, which alone should make it an essential addition to any Romanov library. As compared with many of the recent publications about the Romanovs, which are a cut and paste of previous works, you will really find this new book's content truly informative and amazingly detailed.

King and Wilson do it again!-but not in a good sense....
Greg King is not a good researcher. There are far to many errors to draw that conclusion. The translations, from Russian into English, by Penny Wilson are just awful. But, don't take my word for it readers, do some research and find out on your own.
Thought it could be much better...
I didn't really enjoy this book at all. I thought it was going to be a coffee table book, but it isn't. The pictures aren't that great and the text is slanted. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Civilization    3. Court and courtiers    4. Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union    5. History    6. History - General History    7. History: World    8. Monarchy And Aristocracy    9. Russia    10. Russia - History    11. Social life and customs    12. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    13. History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union)    14. c 1800 to c 1900    15. c 1900 - c 1914   

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Some insight, some disappointment
I was looking forward to reading this book on what I thought would be a keen insider's look at the Cuban missile crisis, and was somewhat disappointed.I realize that RFK was not able to complete the text, and perhaps that is reflected in it's length (100 pages of narrative).A large part of the printed material, about 1/3, is made up of supporting documents.I had hoped for more detail about the minute-to-minute events of those 13 days.The strength of the book is its undeniably interesting topic and author.There was insight to the crisis that I had not previously known, and reading it here was interesting and informative.For a mid-1900's buff, this might be one piece of a collection and its uniqueness may prove worthwhile.This is the first book I read on the Cuban missile crisis, and I am left wanting a lot more.

Thirteen Days : A Review
This is a riveting firsthand account of a period of intense confrontation between 2 superpowers that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. It is a short, intense read followed by additional material from other authors that rounds out the edges of the story. This book clearly shows how good President Kennedy was a balancing the military option with diplomacy to save us from nuclear war. It is hard to imagine how this could have beeen handled better by any other President.

On the Brink of Nuclear War
Thirteen Days recounts the days that the United States seemed to be on the brink of a nuclear war.The author Robert F. Kennedy chronicled his role in the think-tank that steared the United States out of this crisis in the book.It is a tragedy that the book was never truly completed as Kennedy intended to add a section that questioned the ethics of war and nuclear war.It is a shame that the world was robbed of the view point of his scholarly mind.
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Subjects:  1. Cuba    2. Foreign relations    3. History    4. History - U.S.    5. History: American    6. International Relati